No weapon is as fascinating as the sword. Legends entwine around these weapons, and magical swords like Excalibur don’t need to be introduced.

Even in the (fictitious) future they play a decisive role as lightsabers. Robert Vogel gives an overview of the role of the sword from the deepest past to the distant future in his lecture The sword as myth at MagicCon 3.

Lecturer: Robert Vogel

Duration: 60 min - The Lecture will be held in: german

Robert Vogel is a long-time fantasy and space travel expert and writes as a freelance journalist for several genre magazines. As a "Frenzied Space Reporter" he also visits the shooting of fantastic films and series and writes "On the set reports" and interviews cast and crew.

Also in front of the camera he can be seen as an extra in some productions. Robert has been active in the fantasy scene since 1973 and has long since lost track of how many conventions he attended. Since the beginning of the new millennium he infiltrates the European Space Agency ESA and spreads the "SciFi virus". Thus the Darth Vader costume that Alexander Gerst wore at the Halloween photo shoot 2018 on the ISS came from him.